Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Author Jeff Joseph was kind enough to offer to send me a
copy of his novel A Novel Obsession
for an honest review. I did enjoy this unique story very much and would like to
share with you more about his book and my own review.

A Novel Obsession

Jeff Joseph

Book Description:

What could be more peaceful than a small town nestled in the
plush and picturesque Appalachian foothills along the Ohio River? Seemingly
nothing unless you actually live in such a place and experience the incestuous
nature of the meddling, gossip, and desire that can fester there.

Abby Lane has cornered the market on virtue in her small town, yet there are
forces that want to take that innocence away from her. Unfortunately, the
depths of deception, often undetected by the pure of heart can be harmful to the
unsuspecting soul.

As an English teacher, dreamer and hopeless idealist Abby immerses herself in
romantic fiction to fill the void in her reality. There is one author in
particular who speaks directly to her heart and she foolishly makes him the
model lover by whom all suitors are to be judged. When others try to bridge
that gap, idyllic small town America becomes a mysterious place to be.

A Novel Obsession is a great mix of
Mystery, Suspense, Intrigue, and romance. It will answer the question:

Abby Lane is an incurable romantic who dreams of one day
meeting the perfect man. She believes that romance doesn't have to wane in a
relationship, and wants a man who will romance her from the first day to the
last, throughout their lives. Secretly, she has a crush on bestselling romance
novelist Daniel Shepperd, because she believes he is the only man who could truly
understand her feelings about romance and true love. Unfortunately, her best
friend, Julie, thinks that Abby lives with her head in the clouds and is always
trying to set her up with men. What Abby doesn't realize is that there can be
many layers to people, and sometimes, those with the most layers can be
dangerous.

A Novel Obsession is
a unique story with complicated characters who keep you guessing. A mixture of
romance, suspense, and mystery, this novel has many layers that keep the story
interesting and intriguing. I enjoyed this novel very much and I look forward
to future novels by Jeff Joseph.

About Jeff Joseph:

In spite of being a husband and
father, I have always been a daydreamer. I was that guy in high school algebra
with the far away expression on his face, and no I wasn't thinking about how to
apply mathematics to save the world. I was thinking about the girl of my dreams
and how I would make her mine. True love and the inherent difficulty in finding
it are what I daydream about the most, and to me writing a book is merely
daydreaming and capturing your thoughts in print. It makes them more real and
provides the opportunity for others to share in them as well. And so I hope you
will.

Friday, March 15, 2013

The blog hop is now over. Thank you to all who participated. It was a fun hop! To see who won the Grand Prizes, click here. Congrats to Kirsty for winning this blog's $10 Amazon Gift card!

Welcome to the Lucky In Love Blog Hop where you can visit over 300 blogs and enter to win amazing prizes at each of them. In addition to that, we have two wonderful Grand Prizes. All you have to do to enter to win the Grand Prizes is leave a comment here and be sure to include your email address in case you win. You can enter at as many blogs as you visit - so that means you can enter to win the Grand Prizes over 300 times! Good luck.

Are You Lucky in Love?
Love finds us in the strangest ways. Some of us find it right away while others may not find the perfect partner until they are older. Or maybe you've been in love several times before finding Mr. Right. But when you do, it's magic! You know when you meet your one true love because you can't imagine living your life without him. So what do you think? Is it luck that brings you to your true love, fate, or destiny? Or do people just find each other through trial and error?

Fate Plays a Hand in SARA'S PROMISE
In my latest romance novel, William Grafton feels lucky to have found his soul mate once in life, but after she dies tragically, he wonders if love will ever find him again. When he meets Annie, he believes it is luck. But soon he learns that fate and destiny may have played a hand in sending him a new love.

Sara's Promise is available on Amazon Kindle and in Paperback. MY GIVEAWAY!
For my giveaway for the Lucky In Love Blog Hop, I am giving you a chance to win a $10 Amazon Gift Card. All you have to do is leave a comment below to enter. Be sure to add your email address in the comment so I can contact you if you win. The giveaway will start on March 15th and end at midnight on the 18th. I will notify the winner after noon on the 19th. Good luck and thanks for dropping by.

GRAND PRIZE GIVEAWAY

We have Two grand prizes. You as a reader can go to EACH blog and comment with your email address and be entered to win. Yep, you can enter over 300 times! All grand prizes except the Swag Pack are International. (Swag Pack costs too much in postage to offer outside the U.S.).

Friday, March 8, 2013

I was so excited today to wake up to find that my romance novel SARA'S PROMISE has been included in USA TODAY'S Happily Ever After blog. IndieReader submitted my novel to this blog after having reviewed Sara's Promise on their site. What a wonderful way to start out my morning! Check out the USA TODAY article here.

I've been so lucky at how well Sara's Promise has done over the past two weeks. I had free days for Sara's Promise the last two days of February, and during that time it hit #6 on the top 100 Kindle eBooks list. After my free days, the sales and borrows have been extraordinary. Many new wonderful reviews have also been left on Amazon for Sara's Promise. Thank you to everyone who has purchased my book and left reviews. It is so nice to hear when readers enjoy my novel.

Saturday, March 2, 2013

I am a big fan of author Alle Wells. She writes superb historical fiction novels with intriguing characters and realistic settings. Alle's latest novel, Mill People was recently released, so I had to read it. Below is a description of this new novel of hers and my five star review.

Mill PeopleAlle WellsBook Description:Jesse Finney's story captures the life of a Southern mill town from the late 1800s to the mid-twentieth century. The mill town disappears, but the love of family and community lives on in Jesse's heart and this story.

"We are mill people." This is the Finney family
motto and they have all worked at the cotton mill for generations in the small
southern town of Whispering Falls. When young Jesse Finney turns sixteen in
1975, she also follows the family tradition of going to work at the mill.

Mill People
shares fascinating insights into one family's life surviving generations in a
small town due to the prosperity of the mill. Author Alle Wells creates
realistic and interesting characters that portray a convincing view of life in
a small southern town. From the time period after WWII to the late 1970s, many
people in small town America depended upon the mills and factories to provide
good paying jobs. By the 1980s, many of these jobs faded away as big business
moved out of country for cheaper labor. Alle reflects how this affected the
mill families in this small town and the resilience of Americans to find a way
to go on when everything else falls down around them.

I love how Alle writes, bringing you back in time and making
you feel as if you are really there. I highly recommend Mill People to anyone who enjoys historical fiction.

Friday, March 1, 2013

Author Ben Woodard writes novels for the middle-grade through young adult audience that are packed with action and adventure. I recently read one of his Shakertown Adventure novels, A Stairway to Danger, and I want to share this novel with you along with my 5 star review. A note to parents: This novel is geared toward an older audience (ages 15 & up) due to language and violence.

A Stairway To DangerBen WoodardBook Description:
It’s 1923 and Tom and Will, two small town boys, discover the body of a local deputy. Was the death an accident? The boys don’t think so and become immersed in a harrowing mystery. A huge assailant with a single gold tooth attempts to kill them. With their friends, they battle the toothless giant and a shadowy group.
Will Tom’s “crazy” book ideas save them or get them killed? And where does the stairway to danger lead?My 5 Star Review:

A Stairway to Danger is an intriguing novel filled with action and adventure from beginning to end. Tom and Will, two cousins living in a small town in the 1920s, become involved in a mystery when they find the body of the local deputy. Soon, they are investigating a mysterious barge on the river and becoming entangled in a dangerous adventure.

I found this novel to be reminiscent of the Hardy Boy series, except it is geared toward an older audience. The characters are well-thought out and realistic and the author gives the reader a good sense of the time period. Ben Woodard is an excellent writer who knows how to plot and plan a great adventure story.

A spellbinding storyteller of high adventure, Ben has walked the Great Wall of China, hiked in Tibet, and climbed to 18,000 feet on Mt. Everest. And recently learned to surf in Hawaii. Ben is active in SCBWI and a member of a local children's writing critique group. He is a former Marketing Manager for a major corporation and ran his own marketing consulting business. He started writing children's stories in 2008 and has written picture books, middle grade and young adult. Stories of adventure and wonder. Stories that inspire and educate, and, most of all, entertain. Ben lives in Kentucky with his wife Lynda.

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